V. 45 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: لیلی و مجنون هاتفي A pretty and well written little MS. of the Laylà ú Majnún of Hátifí (d. 927/ 1520-1), concerning whom see my Persian Literature in Modern Times, pp. 227- 229. This poem, one of the "Quintet" (Khamsa) which he composed in imitation of Nizami, was published at Calcutta by Sir W. Jones in 1788. Ff. 96 of 17 x 10'5 c. and 11 ll.; good ta'liq with rubrications between gold lines; no date or colophon.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 96
Dimensions: 17 × 10.5 cm.
Layout
11 lines
Hand(s)
good ta'liq with rubrications between gold lines
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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